'Big play' Saints top Bobcats

Estes Park falls behind early on the road

By Debbie Holmes

Trail-Gazette

Posted:
10/15/2013 02:33:19 PM MDT

Jacob Green (50) and Dillon Rogers (56), seen here in the season opener against Cornerstone Christian, were key players on the interior of the Bobcat defense against Jefferson Friday night. (John Cordsen / Trail-Gazette)

The Estes Park Bobcats found themselves down 14 to zero on the road last Friday in Edgewater before the first minute of the clock had even ticked off the score board. After a quick touchdown by the Jefferson Saints followed by a recovered side line kick resulting in a second touchdown, the Bobcats knew they had some tough ground to recover. By games' end the Bobcats lost to the Saints with a final score of 54-21.

Dillon Rogers, Jamie Steadman and Jacob Green were three of the key players on the inside of the defensive line. "The defense played well, they were solid up front" said head Coach Brian Lund. "Jefferson scored on a few big pass plays that killed us;" scoring all of their points in the first half of the game, shows that the Bobcat defensive line essentially "shut down" the running game of the Saints. Jefferson was unable to score any points after half time.

Early in the game the Bobcats couldn't seem to execute their plays and found that the missed cues and missing assignments opened up the door for the Saints to score big.

"Our offense was unable to convert their executions into scoring plays," said Lund.

However, the Bobcats did find the end zone in three of the four quarters during the game. Two of Adam Christenson's receptions resulted in touchdowns; one included a 60 yard run to find the end zone. Frankie KellerTwigg recovered a fumble resulting in a 43 yard pick 6.

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The Bobcats statistically had a season best of 172 yards passing resulting in two touchdowns. The Cats accumulated 42 yards rushing for a total of 214 yards gained during Saturday's game. The Bobcats had one offensive fumble resulting in a turnover; while the Bobcat defense recovered three fumbles during the game. The hard playing game unfortunately resulted in a few Bobcat injuries during the Saturday game.

Even though the final score left the Bobcats looking as if they were trampled; "most of the team played well," accomplishing some positive statistics. The entire team kept fighting essentially shutting down all of Jefferson's scoring the second half.

The Bobcats will play Nederland on Friday, Oct. 18. It'll be Estes Park's home coming game where they will also be celebrating this year's "Senior Night" for the Estes football players. The Bobcat seniors will be recognized before the start of the game at 7 p.m. Home Coming festivities will be held during halftime.